Hi,
I am trying to write my first OpenGL app - a falling blocks tetris style game (using glut). I want the blocks to periodically descend the screen as the player positions them. What is the best way in OpenGl to perform this periodic adjustment?
Thanks,
Ben
This part is not a function of openGL, but of how you structure the program.
Since you are using GLUT, I would use one of the GLUT timer functions.
// Call in your startup code
glutTimerFunc( 10, TimeEvent, 1); // Ourtime event
static void TimeEvent(int te)
{
// animation and objects that are moving without user intervention.
My_falling_blocks_que(); // Call routine to see if a block needs to start falling.
My_falling_blocks_update(); // Call to update current falling blocks.
glutPostRedisplay(); // Update screen with new falling blocks locations.
glutTimerFunc( 100, TimeEvent, 1); // Reset our timmer, so that it is called again in 100ms.
}
void display(void)
{
Draw_blocks();
}
[This message has been edited by nexusone (edited 03-02-2004).]
[This message has been edited by nexusone (edited 03-02-2004).]